The Gate city journal., March 25, 1927, Image 1

THE GATE CITY JOURNAL
VOLUME XXV. NO. 6.
M r our NEW
ASSESSING LAW
NYSSA, OREGON, KUIOAY. MAR
Slate ‘ S E X * EXCESS EANO
(From the Malheur Enterprise.)
“It isn’t the money that you
put into a commercial club that
helps to improve its condition,
Mr. Business Man, but what
counts is the time and effort
you devote to the interests of
your community with an organ­
ized group.’’ This was the sub­
stance of a talk made by W. G.
Ide, manager of the State Cham­
ber of Commerce, who was en­
tertained with luncheon at the
Drexel Hotel Monday noon.
After the luncheon he looked
over the dredge operations with
H. Jackson Perry, secretary of
the club. There he exclaimed at
the apparent richness of the
land. He marvelled at the op­
portunities that are in store for
Malheur county with the devel-
J; men; of the Val‘- and Owyhee
projects. Mr. Ide promised the
cooperation of the state cham­
ber in a land settlement pro­
pram.
He left early for Ontario
where he hold a similar meeting
with business men.
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1927.
UND OFFICE Hi
VALE MAY CLOSE
EXECUTIVE O R D E R BECOMES
EFFECTIVE ON JUNE 30 SAYS
ADVICE THURSDAY
$1.50 I'EK YEAR
PHEASANT HEN OPENS
SEASON 2 MONTHS EARLY
A Brogan pheasant hen has
the world’s record for rushing
the season. For the first time
in the history of the Oregon
state game department, a China
pheasant hen has hatched her
young in the early part of
March. Charles McCLees was
astounded by the report which
came from Stanley Woodward,
Brogan merchant, and he has
notified state game officials.
Nearly every day for the past
week the proud mother pheasant
has strutted into the Woodward
yard with a flock of thirteen
baby birds trailing around her.
Mr. Woodward has been able to
count them and is watching
them with a great deal of in­
terest. The Brogan hen is two
months ahead of the usual
hatching time.
Mr. McClees said Wednesday
that eggs have been found on
the Idaho side this early in the
year.
LEGISLATIVE RECORO
OF REP. BILLINGSLEY
Last week’s issue of the Oregon
Voter contained a write-up on the
legislative record of Representative
J. D. Billingsley of Malheur county.
The article follows: ^
MALHEUR COUNTY ASSESSOR
ESTABLISH 160 ACRES AS I Nil
The President has signed an or-
ATTENDS MEETING IN SA­
Representative J. D. Billingsley,
ACREAGE—MUST CONTRAI I j der, drawn by Secretary Work,
LEM LAST WEEK
Malheur County, was affectionately
TO SELL SURPLUS
| closing 14 local land offices, includ-
known us “Jeff” by most of his fif­
| ing the ones at Vale, Lakeview,
ty-nine associates a week or two
Portland and Boise, according to
after he began answering roll calls.
definite word received here Thurs­
That’s the touchstone of his charac­
day. The discontinuance of the
ter—affable, congenial and a good
three Oregon offices will leave only
scout.
The readiness with which he
Can Examine Books And Records Of
I Government Will Not Supply W vltr those at Roseburg and The Dalles
made friends has an important bear­
Merchant—Must Have Sworn
Until Contracts Are signed For
to conduct the business of the gen-
ing on his legislative service, for in
Affidavit As To Valuation
Pruper Lind Disposal
’’ral land office in the state. Equip­
it
his marked concern for the wel­
ment in the Vale office will be trans­
fare and the opinions of his neigh­
ferred to The Dalles, after the close
County Assessor Andrew Graham
bors, constituents and friends, new
Land owners who hold more than of the office here, which becomes
spent last week at Salem to attend
and old, was frequently uppermost.
160 aeres of land under the Vale and effective June 30, 1927.
a meeting of assessors of the state,
He attempted to make economy his
I Owyhee Irrigation projects will b•• Secretary Work said that the of-
called for the discussion of the en­
guide post, but found the trail so
required to enter into a contract to | flees are to be abandoned because
actment by the last legislature of
poorly marked at times that to
offer for sale their excess holdings the volume of business has dwindled
House Bill No. 72, conferring great­
follow it was difficult.
before water will be supplied to to a point where expense of upkeep
er power upon county assessors and
Tried hard to become interested in
them by the government. This wa3 is not justified. However, the Vale
the state tax commission. Mr. Gra­
some of the involved questions of
a provision under the new re- office has triblcd expenses,
ham returned home Saturday night.
public policy and law. Difficult to
clamation laws, under which
the Emphatic protest was made to the
Constructive Legislation
judge what type of argument on such
government agreed to build
the order, as it is believed that it will
Tax Commissioner Earl Fisher
i matters appealed to him. Evidence
Vale and Owyhee projects, and was result in great hardships upon land*
told the assembled assessors that
: that he followed the safe rule of
a matter for consideration by Davis entries. The Vale office has juris-
OWYHEE
the new legislation was the “most
voting No when in doubt is found
l& Lytle, attorneys for the Vale Dis- diction over 62 per cent of the pub-
(From the Malheur Enterprise.)
in his vote on a resolution referring
constructive bit of assessment leg­
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J .! tri.Ctf\ and, n t c °nfe™nce> Nyssa lie lands in the entire state.
There was one hundred per cent to people constitutional amendment
islation ever enacted in Oregon. The
project
° Wyhee pr0Ject thlS VALE STILL HAS HOPE FOR
on
l Monday
u u n u o j | „ £ v £ Ve l°
attendance at the meeting of farm­ giving permission to Portland school
law confers upon county assessors Rust at New Plymouth on
ers and citizens at the courthouse district to use new base for tax lev­
the authority to demand from every March 14th a daughter.
Must Divide Profit
RETAINING LAND OFFICE
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brown
business man and manufacturer an
ies, being only member of either
The unit in the Vale and Owyhee
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invoice of the stock of goods on of Chico, California, on February districts has been established at 1601 IVsPito the or,lpr authorizing "the priation of $50,000 which will be body voting No; only House member
hand as a basis for his assessment, 27th a daughter. Mrs. Brown is acres. In addition to entering a j I closing of the Vale land office and distributed to property losers in the voting No on bill relating to manner
and is an attempt to eliminate guess known in Owyhee as Miss Maudie contract for sale of excess lands, I othprs’ therp is sti11 a chanee for Bully Creek flood. R. H. DeArmond of filing transcripts of appeal; one
owners will be required to sign the I continuance of the office. Post­ was chairman.
work in assessments. It further re­ Clark.
of three members of House voting
The O. K. K. met or Thursday contracts to sell their lands at th e , pt',ntment ha? 1?oen uri?cd upPn Wm- Appreciation to Senator George against bill repealing apportionment
quires owners of all classes of pro­
E.
Davis
and
others
who
were
in­
appraised value, or if they sell it
commissioner, by McNary,
perty to make a sworn affidavit as with Mrs. Wm. Peutz.
of county school fund on basis of
strumental in securing the appro­ teacher attendance at institutes; one
to the accuracy of their assessed
The Alvon McGinnis family were for more than the appraised value, j Steiwer and Sinnott. Spry referred
priation, was expressed. A commit­ of two members of House who voted
valuation.
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Jarvis they must pay one-half of the ,he mattpr t° E. C. Finney, acting
State Treasurer Kay told the as­ Sunday.
amount in excess of appraised val­ secretary of interior, who has prom­ tee was appointed to look into the against changing title of warden of
ised to check over the records to entire matter on behalf of the suf­
sessors the new law made an at­
Miss I’anline Stewart was called ue, into the district to be applied ascertain whether any adjustment ferers, consisting of J. H. Russell, penitentiary to superintendent.
tempt to equalize valuations.
Voted Yes on Wilson River toll
to Ontario Saturday owing to the on
current maintenance and
D. A. Clore and John Dickerson.
can be made.
“We all know that there are num­ illness of her mother who under- watpr charge.
road; Yes on abolition of candidate
This committee will formulate a
erous instances in Oregon where wont an operation at the hospital.
Oavis & Lytle have the contrnrt-
plan to be followed in filing the pamphlet; No on University library,
real property is being assessed at
T;__
.
...
,
„
for
excess
land
owners
now
and
will
but Yes on county fair omnibus ap­
Jimmie
Wilson
of
Oregon
Trait
,
claims
and will then report to the
from 60 to 75 per cent of its actual ■ ,
, been seriously
. , ill with
... the ^end them
out /, in
a verv
short
time,
propriation bill, Yes on Ashland,
who
has
tI__
_1__
_
_
t_
| property owners.
value while merchandise and manu­
Urges Contract Signing
Monmouth normal buildings, but
Flu
is
no
better
and
was
taken
to
Reports
were
given
by
II.
G.
Ken-
factured goods are assessed at 10
Elwixod Mead, commissioner o f1 Will Reside Here
absent on Eastern Oregon normal
.e ^ m a tL n ,'e je c ts To” b J T '
i Con'nty'cie’r k " Harry S. Sackett !
^
.f " " * a"d * A'
to 12 per cent of their value. This the hospital Sunday afternoon.
vote; Yes on repeal of judicial coun­
Mrs. A. A. Reed of Brogan was a omrtimp tarly in June. He haJ and his wife will move to Vale from
thc' r v.s.t at the legislature in cil; Yes to refer repeal of 6% limi­
lb a condition which has grown up
guest in the Franklin Fry; . . . . . . . .
,,
,
.
, 'the interest of the bill
because of the absence of the proper dinner
,
. „
.. „ .
written that he hopes the contracts Ontario the early part of next week.1 ...
_ ,
, , .
, tation to people; No on tobacco tax,
kind of teeth in our assessment laws, l>T C, . 'nT " gi1n. M
,Un ay‘ , with excess land owners will have: They have purchased the Davis resl-1 .
m
u ,y an< '
' ‘ tew“ . ’ but Yes on income and tithing lev­
T. M. Lowe and Mr. Peterson made ^
signpd by „t ,eaat 75
cent. dence.
I ?°°d.
came to Vale Fri-
which lack is supplied by the new
a trip to the Mills ranch at Sage
jg his opjnjon thl|t the g00nprl
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¡day in the interest of the property ies; Yes for additional judge, Mult­
act.’’ Kay Said.
nomah County; Yes on old pensions;
Biush Springs^ on Sunday. ^ ^
those contracts are signed up, the County Commissioner Here—
| Iosers-
Malheur Will Comply
No on permissive county political
The Henry I eutz family of 1 ay* j better position the district will he
Krank T- Morgan, well known x
Blanks will be mailed out within
conventions; Yes on salary increase
Jn aakir)K fnr future nppropria. rancher of Nyssa and county com-: I JORDAN VALLEY
the next two weeks to Vale and ette were guests in the Wm. Peutz
for governor’s secretary, but No on
Malheur county merchants on which
„°
,, y' _ .
.
.
|tions with which to complete the mitlsionpr made a business trip to *
salary increase for circuit judges;
Mrs. Verna Schweizer who has y ajc project.
, the county seat Thursday with Dis-
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Fretwell No on reforestation; Yes on armory
to place their inventories as of
Mr Mcad adviaps tJlat thig jg a]ao j trict Attorney E. M. Blodgett on were called to Ontario to attend the omnibus appropriation bill; No on
March 1 for the 1927 assessment, in been quite ill has been at the home
funeral of their little nephew who making public service commissioners
I road matters.
accord with the new state law, which of her mother Mrs. O. R. Hite the true in the Owyhee district.
was drowned at Watson.
gives county assessors the right to last week. She returned to her I
appointive; Yes to permit cities to
j m _ _
Avril Palmer and wife of Caldwell tax for ads; Yes on dumping New-
--------- m C. M. Crandall Away—
inspect the private records of busi­ home Sunday.
Mrs.
M.
M.
Creeling
entertained
C.
M.
Crandall,
local
attorney,
were business vistors last week.
ness concerns for determining their
ONTARIO
berg and Corvallis bridges on high­
Saturday at a call meeting of the a__
went to Portland the early part of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baltxor and way fund; Yes to exempt from per­
assessments.
paddy Mulligan holds the record the wpck to spend a few days on Mrs. Haylett were in town Friday. sonal property tax intangibles in­
“It is not my purpose to make Kingman Kolony Book Club. The
the city
Frankie Baltzor is staying at the come from which hit by income tax;
radical change in the assessment in regular meeting will also be held at for parly lambinff in thig vicinity. legal business. While in
Alfred McConnell home.
Malheur county, “Mr. Graham said Mrs. Greelings on Wednesday the lIe reportg tj,at from 1100 Catswold he visited his son, Charles Kern
Yes on relieving counties from share
Leslie Falen is in Danner work­ of cost of railroad crossings, but No
ewes bred to Hampshire bucks, th e! Crandall, who is practicing law in
“Neither do I seek to increase as­ 23rd-
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Chas.
Fisher
and
,.rop
toppcd
thc
.
1800
mark.
Frank
Cortland.
He
returned
Tuesday
eve-
ing
for
Jabe
Potter.
sessments except as actual values
on Eddy’s educational bill.
Mrs. Harry Gorman were dinner £ Oxman has purchased the lambs, j n>nK-
John Baltzor came in Monday
increase.
Overlooking absence on several
guest3 in thc Reberger home in
"with a load of freight for the stores. contested roll calls, which may be
The Ontario Legion post was re-
Allison Tuckness has a new Ford accounted for partly by fact that
Nyssa on Sunday.
presented nt the district meeting of J °P ens Plumbing Shop—
Mrs. A. A. Rood of Brogan w.is tb(1 American Lccion at Baker last. W. L. Hutton has opened a plumb- car.
he sat next to the rail in easy reach
Chas. Chevally and Dewey Hog- of friends, voting record of Repre­
an overnight guest in the Creeling Saturday by B. W. Schubert and F. ing shop across the street from the
ard
returned
from
a
ten
days
trip
homo Saturday.
W. Allen.
| Home Lumber company, with
sentative Billingsley seems uniform­
Mesdames Jas. Lane, C. Elliott,
Harry Salisbury of Hailey and complete stock of all plumbing fix- to Emmett with two four horse ly courageous and gives evidence of
teams.
and A. Moses entertained at a love y George J. Merrit of Salt Lake have '
tures on hand. He has
a good
look They are moving Mr. Webcs fearless judgment.
party and shower for Mrs. E. ison purc),as(,d the Moore hotel. The ing display in the front of his shop, and family to the Chevally ranch.
A number of Cow creek people
DEPOSITORS SELL ASSETS TO at the home of Mrs. I. !. Elliott in dpa] wag madc through the Portland to which he calls the attention of
were in town Saturday. Mr. and
Kingman Kolony on Thursday P. . . Trust company, it is reported.
| property owners.
CRAWFORD MOORE, BOISE
Delicious refreshments were served.
Misa Thelma Hickey, high school
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Mrs. James McCain, J. A. Ditton,
—GET 70 PER CENT
Tom McCoag and Chas. Mclntrye.
Miss Elsie Elliott of
Kingman atudent( was the first student in " aler Assistant—
Lou Reed came from Redmond
Otto Blackaby and John Meyer of
Kolony and Ted Simmons of Nyssa Oregon to submit an essay in the
The Ontario National bank re­ were married in Payette, Idaho, o n jNational Mpat gtory contpat The Wednesday evening to assist H. G Homedale were visitors over the
Only three towns were represent­
0jr tj,e first story is “ Meat—an Kennard, state watormaster, in mak­ week end.
opened its doors Wednesday un Saturday, March 12th. The young:
ed at the meeting of the proposed
der new ownership, after the com­ couple will live near Nyssa. Mrs.j Importallt Food... Tho winnrra wiu ing water r< adings in various parts
Ed Potter delivered a truch load Idaho-Orcgon baseball league last
of sheep pelts Saturday.
pletion of the sale of the assets Simmons is a very popular young ;bp announced bcfore thp cIose of I of the .oun.y
Monday night, Vale, Ontario, and
Ileibert Baltzor made a business Nyssa. As a result the league was
of the bank to Crawford Moore lady of the Kolony and Adrian and [ ¡,chCofs.
Sell
2
Cars
Beef
Cattle—
trip to Boise and Caldwell last week.
and his associates, directors of the will be missed by a large circle of
R. H. DeArmond shipped two car- lie returned with a new Ford tour­ not organized but it was decided to
First National bank, of Boise. The friends.
II. W. BASHORE AT
call a second meeting in Ontario
_
loads of beef cattle to the Seattle ing car.
Earl Walters of Ontario will soon
sale was made by the depositors
within the next week or so. Mayor
RECLAMATION
MLhTINC.
stock
market
Friday.
He
alao
made
Glenn Walcott received news of C. M. Robinette, president last year,
acting through a committee of move to the Kolony to run the pump
the
purchase
of
another
herd
in
there
this
year.
Mr.
Walters
is
the
death
of
his
mother
at
Caldwell
five, including William E. Lees,
H. W. Bashore, Vale project engi­
was instructed to get in touch with
last week.
chairman, Wm. Jones, V. B. Stap­ well known, having served in the neer, left here Sunday for Denver Cow Valley last week.
New Plymouth and Payette. Jamie­
W.
G.
De
Forest
and
sons
of
les, H. C. Boyer and A. Robinson. same position in former years.
to attend a conference the latter State Hoop Champions—
son and Brogan may organise a
Miss
Florence
Bach
was
home
for
Indian Cove passed through last team between the two towns and
The bank had been closed over a
part of this week with officials ol
month, from February 8 to March the week end from Emmett, Idaho. the reclamation bureau. From Den­ Of statewide interest and of par­ week enroute to Susanville, Califor­ may enter the league yet. Payette
Jas. Lane has purchased 40 acres ver, Mr. Bnshore will go to Mitchell ticular interest to the Vale high nia. Mr. De Forest worked in the
16, during which time the deal
is another probable member.
Kolony school and will
for sale of the assets was pending. near , the
. .
Nebraska, his former home, and his banket ball team, champions of valley when a young man, and is
his family there this ,___
week. ; Ihei ¡family
.
, will
... accompany him
, . on re- southestern Oregon, was the out­ known to the older people here. POSTPONE LIQUOR
Depositors will be paid 70 cer.ts move
^
come of the state tournament last They vi-ited Mrs. Ralph Stanford.
on the dol.ai, according to te-ms Dison family who have been living j turn to Vale about April 1st.
HEARING TO MARCH 28
week. Eugene high school won the
Florence Sims returned rome Fri­
of the sale, and in 13 months wi'l there will move to Vale.
Conley
Davis and Stacey Hall
championship of Oregon by defeat- day from Caldwell where she hat
irieivo an addL'cnal payment H COUNTY SURVEYOR STARTS
| ONTARIO FARMER FINED
were
arrested
for an alleged viola­
dental
work
done
collections are made. Depositors
$250 ON LIQUOR CHARGE I
SaI<“m 25 to 12; Medford won
SPRING WORK ON ROADS
thin] place and Tillamook fourth
M s. Fred Scott of Rome went tion of the liquor laws early this
believe the sale an advantageous
to Caldwell Monday for dentil month. Their hearing was set for
one since it will release more than
County Surveyor J. F. Miller spent I J'«* Enchantis, farmer from near
’
March 17 in the justice court. On
work.
two hundred thousand dollars at thc greater part of the week su r-1 Ontario, plead guilty before Judg< nv,s ‘,ml y
William Moore of C^vaHis was request of counsel for the defense,
this time. Waivers were received eying on a 3H-mile stretch of the J - n Rogers in the justice coir* 0n Wednesday evening Mrs. Geo.
the hearing was postponed to March
from practically 100 per cent of 1200 market road between Nyssa
and! Monday and was fined $250 and K Davis and daughter Lillian do- a visitor last week.
I> •!. Hnvlett and Char. Lhcvnlly 28, when the alleged offenders will
depositors in record time.
Adrian which will be improved by ‘ rf>sts, for a violation of the liquor l «rted for the coast. They
will
an pu'.' rp out sevcia! hundred enter their plea.
the county
laws.
make the trip to Portland, where
AUDITOR PRAISES
Work will also start within a ______ ________________
Mr"' Davi* wi" h* p‘“<-ed u' lder the forest tn is . There trees were ob-
A Texas woman has asked news­
MALHEUR RECORDS short
k # time
a- „ on
. r-L
AH REST
rare of a doctor, ^ who will make "sinc.l fnm the Oregon School of
tne county road over, OFFICIALS
papers to advertise for her husband,
the hill from Vale to the Owyhee
ONTARIO GARAGE MAN PV« T effort to combat the illness I orestry i.( Corvallis, bj county last heard from when he enlited in
Mrs. Daisy Howell, auditor of bridge. Between *1600 and *2000
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which ha* afflict,d her for thp la*'I '« ‘ W L. Shovell. The tree* arc the Confederate army.
Canyon City, has completed an audit will be spent on this 20-mile stretch
District Attorney E. M. Blodgett year. Many friends here look for-: locusts, Ur. elms, and white ash.
of the books of Malheor county of­ of new road.
was here Thursday for tho arraign- ward to her complete recovery and
Sahino Andonegui has rented the1 A hull near Hayden, Ohio, dla-
ficials. Before her departure Sun­
ment of F. O. Coshnick, garage man anticipate that the coast climate Acton an Ufford ranches near Mo- liking the looks of a red box car,
day, she praised the records very
Gun toting may become a felonv of Ontario, who was arrested Wed- may be beneficial. Mr. Davis left hogany giving him puite a large, charged a freight train. He de­
highly, saying, "I find no better in Montana, now that wild animals nesday for an alleged violation of for Salem the last of the week to acerage.
railed one car containing dynamite,
kept reeords In the state than the Indian and old-time outlaws havs the liquor laws. His hearing has assume his new duties as corpora-
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Baltzor There was no explosion but thq
ones I hare audited in Malheur.’’
vanished.
beet) postponed to Monday.
tion commissioner of the
state. will work for him this summer. bull was killed.
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ASSESSOR HAS NEW POWERS
MEAD URGES QUICK AGÏICN
F lo o d Farmers
Name Committee
To S o lv e P la n
NEWS OF COONTY SEAT
ONTARIO BANK
REOPENS DOORS
Will Organize
Idaho-Oregon